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Africa
RESOURCES
Nancy Kisangau
Nancy Kisangau is a fourth year student at Kenyatta University pursuing a Bachelor degree in Law. Prior to this, she worked in the Kenya National Human Rights Commission as an attaché in the Reforms and accountability department. She has also worked in the government sector as an intern in the National Housing Corporation, a state parastatal committed to effectuating housing rights for Kenyan citizens.
Nairobi
Kenya
Name, Title
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
United States
After graduating with a BA in Economics and English, Amanda worked for the Chilean Ministry of Education as an English teacher in Chile. While there, she volunteered for an urban development NGO that was carrying out 24 community projects and helped draft Frutillar, Chile’s successful application to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. During her career, she has worked with international youth on educational programs sponsored by the British Council and the U.S. Department of State. She is a former White House intern and an incoming Fulbright Scholar.
Felix Mmeka
Port Harcourt
Nigeria
Felix is currently a National Youth Service Corp member serving his country, Nigeria at Ministry of Works, Uyo, Akwa Ibom. He graduated from Swansea University, with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2014 and went on to complete a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering in 2017. Felix developed a strong devotion to Youth Empowerment and giving back to his Community during his time at Swansea University from various leadership roles e.g. Sports Officer and Trustee of Swansea University Students’ Union, Treasurer of 2 societies etc. These experiences gave him an appreciation of how initiatives can significantly impact people’s lives.
Harun Momanyi
Nairobi
Kenya
Harun Momanyi is a youth empowerment expert, a socioeconomic development journalist and an entrepreneur. He is passionate about the SDGs. Originally from Kenya, Harun currently works as the Head of Kenya with Reform Africa Group, a Pan-African organization focusing on creating solutions to help youth realize meaningful employment and tackle life challenges better. In 2014, he was finalist in the Haller Prize for Development Journalism, became and ambassador for the NUHA Foundation Global Blogging Prize in 2015, a Forbes Africa 30 Under 30 nominee in 2018 and was shortlisted for the BBC World News Service Komla Dumor Award in 2018.
Victor Musa
Abuja
Nigeria
Victor is an Engineer and a problem solver. He is passionate about education and poverty eradication. Victor currently works as Cofounder and facilitator of Tech the girl Child Africa (TGC) an outreach program that seeks to engage over 10,000 girl child, especially in Africa with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics).
Victor is also serving as Director of sales and marketing at Mingcart, a company he cofounded in 2016 to unify Africa through culture and traditions.
Victor has received a number of prestigious National Merit Scholarship awards for his dedication to education. He hopes see everyone educated someday.
Ezinne Uche
Ezinne is a youth passionate about issues pertaining to inclusive growth, sustainable development, climate change and the enormous transformations taking place in especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. She seeks to earn a doctorate degree in Development Economics and her career goal is to be a development economist in an international development organization.
Lagos
Nigeria
Green Skills
Resources for Students
Educating high-schoolers on green economies, sustainable lifestyles, and green jobs
Using digital tools to promote climate literacy and support the next generation with incresed knowledge and skills to build a greener and more sustainable future
High-school students need the knowledge, skills, and values needed to succeed in a more sustainable world. The number of green jobs is growing significantly, and the ILO’s 2022 “Global Employment Trends for Youth” Report asserts that the creation of green jobs for youth requires complementary policies and initiatives. These include the development of vocational and technical skills via new training modules and curricula relevant to green occupations, as well as using technology to improve training delivery, facilitate access to young people, and reduce the skills gap.
The Project
Today, young people face critical challenges, such as unemployment, displacement, climate change, and inequality; all of these challenges can disrupt learning. It is crucial to provide more training opportunities for the next generation to increase their knowledge and skills to build a greener and sustainable future, as well as succeed in a green economy. Therefore, ZNotes and Global Schools, UN SDSN are partnering to develop a self-directed training program for youth by youth on green skills, targeting key knowledge that will be needed for future jobs such as critical thinking; collaboration; conflict resolution; and problem-solving.
The Course
The curriculum not only focuses on topics such as the green economy, sustainable lifestyles, and green jobs, but also look at what industries will need green skills in the future, such as renewable energy, tourism, transportation, agriculture, construction, and more. These modules cover the SDGs through a holistic and multidisciplinary approach, increasing students’ content knowledge so that they can engage with pressing sustainable development challenges in their local community.
Access courses for secondary students
Course 1
Green Skills & The Economy
Course 2
Green Education, Skills, and Employability